Volcanic Metals (VOL-TSX.V) Joins Yukon Gold Rush

February 21, 2012 by metalinvestmentnews · Leave a Comment 

On August 16, 1896, “Skookum Jim” of the Tagish Nation discovered a large nugget of gold in Bonanza Creek, Yukon. Over the next three years 100,000 prospectors flocked to the Yukon in search of gold. So much gold flowed through Dawson City in the late 1800s that some janitors reportedly got rich sweeping gold dust [...]